Penetration Performance of Shaped Charge Jets Using Insensitive Munition: Simulative and Experimental Studies

Abstract:

The simulation and experimental studies of the Jets obtained from different conical liners from a charge having 56mm-diameter is presented in this paper. An OFHC copper liner of thickness 1 mm and 54 mm-diameters is used for jet formation analysis. Charge ignition is made by using Point detonation method. The simulation results are obtained from Ansysis Autodyn 2-D hydrocode. Experiments are conducted for a charge having 60⁰ conical liner. Flash X-ray Radiography is used for image capturing. The performance capacity of standard shaped charge is predicted by its penetration against steel target. It is observed that kinetic energy of the jet decreases as angle increases, also total energy of the explosive increases and hence the Ratio of the K.E of the jet to the total energy of the explosive decreases as the angle increases. Simulation results are compared with the experimental results. It is observed that simulation results are in favorable agreement within acceptable range of error with the experimental results.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1102)
• Pages: 119-123
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1102.119
• Online since: May 2015
• Authors: Mukhtar Ahmed*, Zheng Xiang Huang, A.Q. Malik, Xu Dong Zu, Qiang Qiang Xiao, Munir Ahmed
• Keywords: Flash X-Ray Radiography, Jet Formation, Jet Penetration, Liner, Penetration Depth, Shaped Charge

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